International Energy Agency: A new tool to track transitions: the IEA clean energy equipment price index

International Energy Agency: A new tool to track transitions: the IEA clean energy equipment price index. “To monitor these influences on clean energy equipment prices – a critical determinant of investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure – the IEA developed the Clean Energy Equipment Price Index (CEEPI). The index tracks price movements in a global basket of solar PV modules, wind turbines and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage, weighted by shares of investment.”

WIRED: Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone

WIRED: Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone. “The company is now offering three levels of Enterprise Packages to its developer platform, according to a document sent by a Twitter rep to would-be academic customers in early March and passed on to WIRED. The cheapest, Small Package, gives access to 50 million tweets for $42,000 a month. Higher tiers give researchers or businesses access to larger volumes of tweets—100 million and 200 million tweets respectively—and cost $125,000 and $210,000 a month. WIRED confirmed the figures with other existing free API users, who have received emails saying that the new pricing plans will take effect within months.” I believe the technical term for those prices is “goony”.

NBC News: Toilet paper, diapers and other consumer products are latest to see price hikes

NBC News: Toilet paper, diapers and other consumer products are latest to see price hikes. “The second-largest toilet paper manufacturer in the U.S. warned that it will soon raise prices on products from bathroom tissue to diapers. Kimberly-Clark said in a news release that the increases “are necessary to help offset significant commodity cost inflation,” reflecting higher supply costs.”

UC Davis: UC Davis Creates Wine Price Database With Crowdsourcing, Famed Catalogs

UC Davis: UC Davis Creates Wine Price Database With Crowdsourcing, Famed Catalogs. “Recommendations for ‘best buys’ in Champagnes and party menus from some 50 years ago are among the treats in a new crowdsourcing database of historic wine prices from the University of California, Davis. Price the Vintage, with more than 200 digitized catalogs of famed New York-based distributor Sherry-Lehmann, is the most comprehensive online database of its kind. People from around the world can enjoy browsing the catalogs, enter pricing information and help chart America’s appreciation for wine.”